Do tell.

By "always as such" I mean "eternally so", without beginning or end. I do not mean "for all time" since time is finite, with space-time having a beginning and most likely an end.

Hence the traditional excuse of atheists for features of the universe not requiring an explanation no longer exists.

I have no good reason to believe in God. It's the only excuse I need for not believing, if I need any.

The features of the universe were considered by atheists to have always been as such and therefore not require an explanation.

"Always" means "for all time."

However, the beginning of space-time means that the particular features of the universe have not always been as such.

The beginning of space-time was also the beginning of the universe. This means there was no time when the universe did not exist. Therefore, the universe has always had whatever features it has had since it began to exist.

And I've already explained to you dozens of times now that this statement tells us nothing. I could just as easily make up a fictional character and say that that character's design is nature. It gets us nowhere. What is your evidence that could distinguish between your claim that *your* God's design is nature and my claim that the design of the character I have in my head is nature?

Until you can answer this question, your assertion is a vacuous as the space between the stars.

I made no such proclamation.

The features of the universe were considered by atheists to have always been as such and therefore not require an explanation. However, the beginning of space-time means that the particular features of the universe have not always been as such. Hence the traditional excuse of atheists for features of the universe not requiring an explanation no longer exists.

The features of the universe were considered by atheists to have always been as such and therefore not require an explanation. However, the beginning of space-time means that the particular features of the universe have not always been as such. Hence the traditional excuse of atheists for features of the universe not requiring an explanation no longer exists.

If a philosopher of his stature denies that the universe is a brute fact, it cannot be valid to proclaim it as unassailable truth that the universe is a brute fact.